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This is a weird meme. The Democrats actively tried to court suburban white voters and other traditionally right-Leaning demographics. They tried to peel Republicans off. The democrats never offered socialists a cup labeled "liberalism", they offered "moderate republicans" a cup labeled "Border Control and Bush era political icons" and they said "Bro. I already told you I will only ever vote for Republicans".
need this comment pinned to the top of .world for the next months
> Democrats: Run most leftist administration in the history of the country
> Democrats: Pass law after law and EO after EO that are a wishlist of progressive and leftist policies
> Democrats: Put officers from the most famous leftist movement in a century in high and visible positions of power in the government
> Leftists online: We never get anything by voting for Democrats they have betrayed us and move to the right constantly
TBH, it's long past time for the Democratic Party to actually start ignoring the fringe left and work for the American people.
Despite all the Biden administrations achievements, they still haven't addressed what the left has been asking for over the last decade.
Stop supporting the war in Gaza? Nah.
Single-payer healthcare system? Nuh uh.
Housing crisis relief? If you're good... maybe.
Courts and criminal justice reform? Lol.
Billionaire tax? Nope.
Livable minimum wage? Psh.
Legalize marijuana? Hah! No.
Sudent loan debt? ...Maybe. Depends on how much I like you.
You mean the shit that keeps getting blocked by the courts? By judges appointed by Trump himself?
Jesus fucking christ. He'll appoint yet MORE judges this time, maybe some more to SCOTUS, and you people will complain next time one of them blocks a Dem down the road... Fuck me.
Blocked by the corrupt courts. Our judiciary is compromised.
Maybe letting Trump appoint more will help.
How many of those could be done with the amount of control the Dems have had in the past 8 years? They had full control of the government with the barest of majorities for 2 years with 2 senators that were basically liberal Republicans. You got Gaza, but besides that the rest require Congressional action. While in control they did get the biggest investment in green energy ever, they did get substantial increases for infrastructure (including public transport), and they substantially increased the amount of tech that will be made in the US.
Why didn't you get those things done? Because you didn't have the power to do it, just like Dems didn't.
You are about to find out just how much and how fast Republicans get things done when they have all three branches, as opposed to the Dems who are ALWAYS held up by just one vote from their own party or "the parliamentarian".
I don't disagree. Different parties have different makeups. Dems are big tent and Repubs are unified single issue voters.
Dems are absolutely NOT "big tent"; that is only a marketing term
They stopped trying to be "big tent" when they started courting Republicans instead of their own voting bases.
What policies changed when they courted Republicans? Because as far as I can tell nothing changed for that but they did say that even with our policy differences, Republicans advocated voting for Dems. Dems have lgbtq+ and black people and immigrants and unions and many other groups that don't have a single unifying cause. Republicans have Christian white people for the most part.
They didn't need to, because the Democrats have already been governing like Republicans. Pro-fracking, pro-genocide, pro-"States Rights" to deal with trans people as they see fit, etc.
Admitting that the Democrats are good enough for some right-wing talking heads is a damning indictment of the Democrats.
I've heard the argument from practicality for decades, but it just doesn't pass the laugh test. When George Bush started the Iraq War, was that practical? No. When Donald Trump did everything Donald Trump does, was that practical? No. But they made big changes. Bad changes, but big changes.
So why is it that only the Republicans can make big changes? I think it's because your position is the coward's position. If you never try to make the country better in a major way, because you're convinced it's impossible, of course you're always going to fail. And voters know this. We understand why people are afraid to take big steps, but we don't respect it.
Few things here.
3.The Senate heavily favors Republicans because of the number of small states so it's much easier for them to get 50+ members and the house mildly favors the Republicans because of gerrymandering.
This isn't defeatist. It's a realistic understanding of how the systems work. The fact that we got so many major things passed with such a tiny amount of control and in such a small amount of time is amazing.
Those likely wouldn't have gotten through Congress but that's a poor excuse to abandon the efforts entirely. Embrace those changes as part of the platform, fight for them, make the Republicans publicly oppose what the people want instead of taking the accountability for doing that yourself.
The Democrats' insistence on working across the aisle with a coalition that has abandoned good-faith bipartisanship only cedes power to the Republicans.
Obama won in 2008 with a message of "yes we can" but since he left office the Democrats' most consistent message to voters has been "no we can't".
Since when did Dems abandon those things? They have repeatedly had them in the platform or at least verbally supported them and have pushed bills in Congress to get them done. The complaint was that they weren't done under Dems control not that Dems didn't support the issues.
Dems will make compromises to get incremental change. I don't fault them for that. They fight for every inch they can get. That's not a flaw it's a feature. Giving up something that is minor for bigger progress on something else can be worth it. Just like when Pelosi and Schumer gave up minor concessions to Trump for significant protection on the budget fight.
Their propensity for approaching issues with small, incremental change is why they're losing to a populist while their constituents are being eaten alive by runaway capitalism.
So that's why 15 Million less people voted this year for the democratic candidate? All because the Biden administration could only acomplish some of their goals? That 15 million would have voted if they were more stubborn and further left on policies, or if they had managed more of the goals? I don't understand how that makes sense.
I think it's common knowledge that there are significant coalitions of people who won't turn out for the Democrats because of things like Gaza/controversial presidential nominations/general disillusionment with the party. My own Dad, a lifelong Democrat voter, likely voted for RFK Jr. this time around because he isn't satisfied with what the Democrats are delivering and lives in a safely blue state. I don't agree with his decision, but as with the many others like him I can't stop him from making it.
That's fair. I'm just trying to decide what I can do living in a country more concerned with populism than policy, and really don't like the reality of that situation. I should probably speak with some Punk artists and musicians.
What tactic should they have used to get those big things passed? Shutting down the government is pretty much the only thing they weren't willing to do.
Again incremental change is the only thing that could get done with the power they were given. They still support major change but they don't have enough power to get it done. Yes it sucks that one party is trying to improve things and they can't get more done. But what else would you have them do with the amount of power they were given?
Marijuana probably could pass. They didn't really try. It's supported by most Republican voters. It'd be a death sentence for a lot of the Republicans to vote against it.
It helps maintain the status quo though, so they didn't want it gone.
Again requires Congressional action and there have been multiple bills that have passed through a democratic controlled house or Senate but stalled in the other half of Congress because Republicans wouldn't vote for it and there wasn't a large enough majority of Dems to get it done. Go check out mpp.org for more info. It doesn't take but 10-15 minutes of looking up information to find out Dems attempted to get it done but once again Republican obstruction (like has been happening since 2008) prevented real reforms.
Man, it's a good thing Trump is going to implement all of those things.
It shouldn't be a surprise that the people who believe politics no longer serves them aren't motivated to participate in the political system.
It is also shouldn't be a surprise that political system not only doesn't give a shit but also doesn't have an idea about people who don't participate in it. Almost by definition.
So who's going to change? The disillusioned voters? Or the politicians running for office? Or are we just going to keep on yelling at people who aren't listening?
Oh, politicians will do the changing all right. They will identify the people who vote and will cater more to them, moving further right. Many of them don't want that actually, but since getting votes is the only way to be elected, and left doesn't vote, they just have to.
People though? I don't know, right now I'm disappointed in all the America, so I don't believe change is possible. I however will continue yelling at idiots who don't want right wing politicians but don't vote therefore don't express their wants. I will also continue doing public communication, maybe less yelly though.
Can't seem to get them from Democrats, either, so what's your point?
The point is that if you have one party that won't legalize weed and won't criminalize abortion at the federal level, and you have another party that won't legalize weed but will criminalize abortion at the federal level, the first party is better. Now apply this to other issues. Families will be forcibly separated when Trump begins his mass deportation, Bird Flu will be COVID 2.0 when RFK is in Trump's cabinet, etc.
Everyone on .world and .ml is focused on what the Dems haven't done or won't do. Ok, put that aside for a second. Do you think that Trump is going to put into place any of the policies listed above? Do you think he will be a better president than Kamala Harris would have been?
If the answer to both questions is "no," I truly don't understand the logic in complaining about what Dems didn't do in the last four years. Not voting for Harris because she wasn't left enough is cutting off your nose to spite your own face. The country will be far worse under Trump.
If you answer "yes" to either, then we are too far apart to have any meaningful conversations.
Dude, the election is over. The only thing we can do moving forward is try to learn a lesson. Blaming other people isn't a solution. We can only try to do better next time, which requires confronting what we could do better, not what others did wrong. We have no control over that.
If your only solution is that everything is other people's fault, you're not being constructive. You're only angry and lashing out, which is understandable but keep that to places that's wanted ideally. You're pretty deep in a thread trying to solve problems, not just blame others.
Mate, if you think anything I've said is "angry and lashing out," I don't know what to tell you. I'm frustrated sure, but wasn't the one who started to dole out blame. The original comment I responded to was blaming Dems lol.
Still interested in if you think the country will be better under Trump than under Harris.
The Democrats are the ones who we are supporting here. They can only do better through constructive criticism. They won't do better by just blaming their failings on Trump supporters (or non-Harris supporters).
No one here is saying things will be better under Trump. They're pointing out why the democratic message failed, so hopefully we can understand why it didn't work and do better in 2/4 years.
Blaming other people doesn't create actionable observations. It's only a cop-out to not recognize your failings. Sure, it sucks, but it can't be fixed. Giving people a reason to vote for Democrats can be fixed.
That's hilarious
Lay of the mushrooms dude. Those are some serious hallucinations.
Hey why don't you explain to me how any of that benefits the American people and specifically how it would benefit one of these voters?
Because materially it doesn't.
I want to live in your reality.
You honestly think the US Democratic Party has any "fringe left" policy? ROFLMAO
I'd bet everything I own on your being from the United States. No other citizens are consistently this ignorant of political theory.
Lmao. Yep. We're boned. lol.
If after doing fuckall about real shit like grocery prices and rent you clowns lost so bad that no republican has had such a mandate since Reagan in 1980 this is your response?
Yeah, we're cooked chat. Buy guns and dried beans. You're gonna need em.
If that is really the path forward the y'all need to peel off ~~almost a sixth~~ about a tenth (Math is hard) of the Republican's Presidential election year voting base while simultaneously not losing any additional support on the social democratic left wing of their own party. I'm not sure that's realistic.